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Old 5 August 2006, 05:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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What's your favourite aviation literature?
G'day, all.

You've probably been asked this before, but Jos' thread inspires me to enquire - what's your favourite aviation literature?

<settles back into armchair, resumes reading Bach's 'A Gift of Wings'>

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Old 5 August 2006, 07:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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winged victory
you're on... i'll go with v.m. yeates's great classic "winged victory"!
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Old 5 August 2006, 10:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Winged Victory I must agree. And a nod to Captain Johns for his "Biggles" short stories.
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Old 5 August 2006, 11:17 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Hello people,

I would go for "Wings of war" by Rudolph Stark.

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Old 5 August 2006, 08:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Winged Victory is very good, but a bit too introspective for my tastes. For the best description of squadron life on the Western Front, I favor No Parachute by Arthur Gould Lee.
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'Recollections OF An Airman', by Louis Strange just pipping 'The Friendless Sky' by Alexnader McKee.
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Decisive Air Battles of the First World War by archiewhitehouse.
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Old 6 August 2006, 07:43 AM   #8 (permalink)
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'Recollections OF An Airman', by Louis Strange just pipping 'The Friendless Sky' by Alexnader McKee.

mmm...tricky.....having both of the above, I would say that it has to be...."Winged Victory"!
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Old 6 August 2006, 01:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I'm rather fond of Maurice Barings' " Flying Corps Headquarters 1914- 1918 ". I find something new of interest everytime I go through it.


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When I was a young boy, the book that got me started in this hobby and that has remained a favorite is Quentin Reynold's They Fought For the Sky. Roadhog "Memento mori."
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